Unit 3　The world of colours and light

　　时间：30分钟

　?、?单项填空

　　1．The theory he stuck to ______ to be right later.

　　A．prove

　　B．proved

　　C．proving D．proves

　　答案　B　[本题中he stuck to为定语从句，要填的选项为句中真正的谓语动词，根据句意应为B项。句意为“他一直信奉的理论后来被证明是正确的”。]

　　2．—Can you shoot that bird at the top of the tree?

　　—No，it's out of ______.

　　A．range

　　B．reach

　　C．control

　　D．distance

　　答案　A　[句意：你能射到树上的那只鸟吗？不能，它在射程之外。out of range在射程外，符合句意；out of reach够不到；out of control失控，故选A。]

　　3．Only under special circumstances ______ to take those rests.

　　A．are freshmen permitted

　　B．freshmen are permitted

　　C．permitted are freshmen D．are permitted freshmen

　　答案　A　[“only＋介词短语”置于句首，句子应用部分倒装，故选A。]

　　4．The boy has an amazing appetite ______ American country music.

　　A．to

　　B．on

　　C．with

　　D．for

　　答案　D　[have an appetite for...为固定词组，其含义为“喜欢……”]

　　5．More than one hundred and fifty teachers are working hard in our school，______ ages twenty-three ______ forty-five.

　　A．which，range to，between

　　B．whose，range from，to

　　C．that，range for，and

　　D．it，range with，to

　　答案　B　[第一个空whose修饰ages并且引导非限制性定语从句；第二、三空考查range from...to...结构的用法。]

　　6．Usually children under six are not ______ to school except those of extraordinary intelligence.

　　A．permitted

　　B．admitted

　　C．accepted

　　D．received

　　答案　B　[be admitted to...意思是“被录取，被准许进入”，符合题意。]

　　7．The organization ______ food and blankets among the people in the area hit heavily by snowstorms.

　　A．provided

　　B．calculated

　　C．distributed

　　D．contributed

　　答案　C　[distribute的意思为“分发”，符合题意。]

　　8．________had he received the telegram ______ he started off at once.

　　A．Never，that

　　B．Hardly，that

　　C．Hardly，when

　　D．No sooner，when

　　答案　C　[句意：他一接到电话马上就出发了。没有never...that与hardly...that结构，而no sooner应与than连用，故应选择C项。]

　　9．After winning the first prize，the boy ______ himself ______ pleasure.

　　A．abandoned，in

　　B．was abandoned，to

　　C．abandoned，to

　　D．abandoned，on

　　答案　C　[abandon oneself to...为固定短语，意为“沉湎于，放纵”。句意：获得一等奖后，那个男孩儿喜不自禁。]

　　10．The theme of the painting is too ______ for the audience to understand.

　　A．realistic

　　B．abstract

　　C．truly

　　D．clearly

　　答案　B　[abstract抽象的，深奥的。根据句子结构和意思选B。句意：绘画的主题太抽象，观众不能看懂。]

　　11．No sooner ______ than it began to rain heavily.

　　A．the game began

　　B．has the game begun

　　C．did the game begin

　　D．had the game begun

　　答案　D　[本题为no sooner...than...结构，no sooner位于句首，句子一般采用部分倒装结构。然后根据时态判断，应用过去完成时，故应选D。]

　　12．Not until the teacher came in ______ what I had said.

　　A．they did believe

　　B．they believed

　　C．didn't they believe

　　D．did they believe

　　答案　D　[本题为not...until...结构，not until同时提前，句子要用部分倒装形式，故选D。]

　　13．The secretary worked late into the night，______ a long speech for the president.

　　A．to prepare B．preparing

　　C．prepared

　　D．was preparing

　　答案　B　[本题是用现在分词短语作伴随状语，用来对谓语的动作加以说明。]

　　14．Finding her car stolen，______.

　　A．a policeman was asked to help

　　B．the area was searched thoroughly

　　C．it was looked for everyone

　　D．she hurried to a policeman for help

　　答案　D　[find动作应该由人来发出，所以句子的主语应该指人，A、D两项主语都是人，根据句意可知，应选D。此句可以转换成：When she found her car stolen，she hurried to a policeman for help.]

　　15．—Do you know Jim quarreled with his brother?

　　—I don't know，______.

　　A．nor don't I care

　　B．nor do I care

　　C．I don't care neither

　　D．I don't care also

　　答案　B　[由选项可知此处为补充说明“我也不关心”，用nor开头，因此句子应倒装。]

　?、?阅读理解

　　A

　　Are you feeling blue？An American study suggests that being surrounded by happy friends and neighbors could have more of an effect on your happiness than money.That is the finding of researchers from Harvard University and the University of California at San Diego.

　　Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler studied the emoti-onal health of more than four thousand seven hundred people.They used information from the Framingham Heart Study. That study began sixty years ago in the American community of Framingham ，Massachusetts.It was started to learn more about the risks of heart attack and stroke.For the new study，the researchers examined the emotions of the men and women in the Framingham Heart Study.The information was gathered from 1983 to 2003.

　　The researchers found that friends of happy people had a greater chance of being happy themselves.That means that happiness spreads，or has a contagious effect，among people.And，the smaller the physical distance between friends，the larger the effect they had on each other's happiness.For example，a person was twenty percent more likely to feel happy if his/her friend living within one and a half kilometers was also happy.Having a happy neighbor who lived next door increased an individual's chance of being happy by thirty-four percent.The effects of friends' happiness lasted for up to a year.

　　Another finding was that people who worked together or were married did not have as much of an effect on happiness levels as friends did.The researchers said this was often true among friends of the same sex.

　　A report on the findings was published this month in the British Medical Journal.America's National Institute on Aging helped to pay for the study.Some researchers who were not involved with the study questioned its findings.They said the results could be disputed(争议) unless a separate study showed similar findings.

　　【语篇解读】 这是一篇说明文。本文主要向我们介绍了两位科学家的一项研究发现——快乐可以感染人，拥有快乐的朋友就会拥有快乐。

　　1．What does this text mainly tell us?

　　A．How to live a happy life?

　　B. One's happiness influences others.

　　C．How to keep emotions healthy?

　　D．A scientific experiment.

　　答案　B　[主旨大意题。综合本文的内容我们可以看出，本文主要向我们介绍了两位科学家的一项研究发现——快乐可以感染人，拥有快乐的朋友就会拥有快乐。据此，我们可以确定本题的答案是B。]

　　2．From this text we know that ________.

　　A．Nicholas and James based their findings on the study of a medical research

　　B．Nicholas and James have been doing their research for more than twenty years

　　C．a person with a happy friend has more chance of feeling blue

　　D．a happy person is more likely to suffer from heart attack

　　答案　A　[事实细节题。根据第二段中的“They used information from the Framingham Heart Study.”我们可以知道，这两位专家的理论是建立在他人的研究基础之上的。]

　　3．The underlined word “contagious” in the third paragraph means ________.

　　A．contacting

　　B．embarrassing

　　C．spreading D．frightening

　　答案　C　[词义猜测题。根据画线单词前面的并列连词or我们可以推测contagious的意思与“spreading”接近。]

　　4．According to this text，which of the following four persons may have a larger effect on Mrs. Smith's happiness?

　　A．Mr. Green，Smith's former classmate.

　　B．Mr. Thomas，Smith's colleague.

　　C．A friend in another city.

　　D．A happy single lady next door.

　　答案　D　[推理判断题。根据第三段和第四段的内容可知，一位近距离的、快乐的、异性的朋友最有可能给我们带来快乐。据此，我们可以推测，本题的答案应是D。]

　　B

　　Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it ，and to go into their offices or schools every day by train，car or bus，even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.

　　One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper.Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent.With the same money，one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one's own.

　　Then，in the country one can rest from the noise and hurry of the town.Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses，one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings，one can enjoy the fresh，clean air of the country.If one likes gardens，one can spend one's free time digging，planting，watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden.Then，when the flowers and vegetables come up，one has the reward of one who has shared the secret of Nature.

　　Some people，however，take no interest in country things：for them，happiness lies in the town，with its cinemas and theatres，beautiful shops and busy streets，dance-halls and restaurants.Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London.An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight's (two weeks') visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want：the_rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night.

　　【语篇导读】本文介绍在伦敦工作的人对是在市里居住还是在乡下居住的问题所持的不同看法和态度。

　　5．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

　　A．People who like country things prefer to live outside the city.

　　B．People who work in London prefer to live in the country.

　　C．Because of certain disadvantages of living outside London，some people who work in London prefer to live inside London.

　　D．Because of certain advantages of living outside London，many people who work in London prefer to live outside London.

　　答案　B　[推理判断题。根据文章内容：虽然有很多人喜欢乡村生活，但文章最后提到也有些人喜欢城市生活，从而可推知此题答案为B项。]

　　6．One can use the same money for ________ to buy a little house with a garden in the country.

　　A．getting a small flat with a garden

　　B．having a small flat with a garden

　　C．renting a small flat without a garden

　　D．buying a small flat without a garden

　　答案　C　[细节理解题。根据文章第二段第二、三句可推知此题答案为C项。]

　　7．When the flowers and vegetables in the garden come up，those ________ have the reward of one who has shared the secret of Nature.

　　A．who live in the country

　　B．who have spent time working in the garden

　　C．who have a garden of their own

　　D．who have been digging，planting and watering

　　答案　B　[推理判断题。根据文章第三段最后两句可知：要是他喜欢花园，他就可以自由地在花园里挖土、种植、浇水等，当鲜花和蔬菜生长起来的时候，他就得到了与大自然分享秘密的奖赏，所以选B项。]

　　8．People who think happiness lies in the town would feel that________if they had to live it outside London.

　　A．their life was meaningless

　　B．their life was invaluable

　　C．they didn't deserve a happy life

　　D．they were not worthy of their happy life

　　答案　A　[推理判断题。根据文章最后一段第二句“Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London.”可推知此题答案为A项。]

　　Unit 3　The world of colours and light

　　时间：30分钟

　　Ⅰ.单项填空

　　1．The theory he stuck to ______ to be right later.

　　A．prove

　　B．proved

　　C．proving D．proves

　　答案　B　[本题中he stuck to为定语从句，要填的选项为句中真正的谓语动词，根据句意应为B项。句意为“他一直信奉的理论后来被证明是正确的”。]

　　2．—Can you shoot that bird at the top of the tree?

　　—No，it's out of ______.

　　A．range

　　B．reach

　　C．control

　　D．distance

　　答案　A　[句意：你能射到树上的那只鸟吗？不能，它在射程之外。out of range在射程外，符合句意；out of reach够不到；out of control失控，故选A。]

　　3．Only under special circumstances ______ to take those rests.

　　A．are freshmen permitted

　　B．freshmen are permitted

　　C．permitted are freshmen D．are permitted freshmen

　　答案　A　[“only＋介词短语”置于句首，句子应用部分倒装，故选A。]

　　4．The boy has an amazing appetite ______ American country music.

　　A．to

　　B．on

　　C．with

　　D．for

　　答案　D　[have an appetite for...为固定词组，其含义为“喜欢……”]

　　5．More than one hundred and fifty teachers are working hard in our school，______ ages twenty-three ______ forty-five.

　　A．which，range to，between

　　B．whose，range from，to

　　C．that，range for，and

　　D．it，range with，to

　　答案　B　[第一个空whose修饰ages并且引导非限制性定语从句；第二、三空考查range from...to...结构的用法。]

　　6．Usually children under six are not ______ to school except those of extraordinary intelligence.

　　A．permitted

　　B．admitted

　　C．accepted

　　D．received

　　答案　B　[be admitted to...意思是“被录取，被准许进入”，符合题意。]

　　7．The organization ______ food and blankets among the people in the area hit heavily by snowstorms.

　　A．provided

　　B．calculated

　　C．distributed

　　D．contributed

　　答案　C　[distribute的意思为“分发”，符合题意。]

　　8．________had he received the telegram ______ he started off at once.

　　A．Never，that

　　B．Hardly，that

　　C．Hardly，when

　　D．No sooner，when

　　答案　C　[句意：他一接到电话马上就出发了。没有never...that与hardly...that结构，而no sooner应与than连用，故应选择C项。]

　　9．After winning the first prize，the boy ______ himself ______ pleasure.

　　A．abandoned，in

　　B．was abandoned，to

　　C．abandoned，to

　　D．abandoned，on

　　答案　C　[abandon oneself to...为固定短语，意为“沉湎于，放纵”。句意：获得一等奖后，那个男孩儿喜不自禁。]

　　10．The theme of the painting is too ______ for the audience to understand.

　　A．realistic

　　B．abstract

　　C．truly

　　D．clearly

　　答案　B　[abstract抽象的，深奥的。根据句子结构和意思选B。句意：绘画的主题太抽象，观众不能看懂。]

　　11．No sooner ______ than it began to rain heavily.

　　A．the game began

　　B．has the game begun

　　C．did the game begin

　　D．had the game begun

　　答案　D　[本题为no sooner...than...结构，no sooner位于句首，句子一般采用部分倒装结构。然后根据时态判断，应用过去完成时，故应选D。]

　　12．Not until the teacher came in ______ what I had said.

　　A．they did believe

　　B．they believed

　　C．didn't they believe

　　D．did they believe

　　答案　D　[本题为not...until...结构，not until同时提前，句子要用部分倒装形式，故选D。]

　　13．The secretary worked late into the night，______ a long speech for the president.

　　A．to prepare B．preparing

　　C．prepared

　　D．was preparing

　　答案　B　[本题是用现在分词短语作伴随状语，用来对谓语的动作加以说明。]

　　14．Finding her car stolen，______.

　　A．a policeman was asked to help

　　B．the area was searched thoroughly

　　C．it was looked for everyone

　　D．she hurried to a policeman for help

　　答案　D　[find动作应该由人来发出，所以句子的主语应该指人，A、D两项主语都是人，根据句意可知，应选D。此句可以转换成：When she found her car stolen，she hurried to a policeman for help.]

　　15．—Do you know Jim quarreled with his brother?

　　—I don't know，______.

　　A．nor don't I care

　　B．nor do I care

　　C．I don't care neither

　　D．I don't care also

　　答案　B　[由选项可知此处为补充说明“我也不关心”，用nor开头，因此句子应倒装。]

　?、?阅读理解

　　A

　　Are you feeling blue？An American study suggests that being surrounded by happy friends and neighbors could have more of an effect on your happiness than money.That is the finding of researchers from Harvard University and the University of California at San Diego.

　　Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler studied the emoti-onal health of more than four thousand seven hundred people.They used information from the Framingham Heart Study. That study began sixty years ago in the American community of Framingham ，Massachusetts.It was started to learn more about the risks of heart attack and stroke.For the new study，the researchers examined the emotions of the men and women in the Framingham Heart Study.The information was gathered from 1983 to 2003.

　　The researchers found that friends of happy people had a greater chance of being happy themselves.That means that happiness spreads，or has a contagious effect，among people.And，the smaller the physical distance between friends，the larger the effect they had on each other's happiness.For example，a person was twenty percent more likely to feel happy if his/her friend living within one and a half kilometers was also happy.Having a happy neighbor who lived next door increased an individual's chance of being happy by thirty-four percent.The effects of friends' happiness lasted for up to a year.

　　Another finding was that people who worked together or were married did not have as much of an effect on happiness levels as friends did.The researchers said this was often true among friends of the same sex.

　　A report on the findings was published this month in the British Medical Journal.America's National Institute on Aging helped to pay for the study.Some researchers who were not involved with the study questioned its findings.They said the results could be disputed(争议) unless a separate study showed similar findings.

　　【语篇解读】 这是一篇说明文。本文主要向我们介绍了两位科学家的一项研究发现——快乐可以感染人，拥有快乐的朋友就会拥有快乐。

　　1．What does this text mainly tell us?

　　A．How to live a happy life?

　　B. One's happiness influences others.

　　C．How to keep emotions healthy?

　　D．A scientific experiment.

　　答案　B　[主旨大意题。综合本文的内容我们可以看出，本文主要向我们介绍了两位科学家的一项研究发现——快乐可以感染人，拥有快乐的朋友就会拥有快乐。据此，我们可以确定本题的答案是B。]

　　2．From this text we know that ________.

　　A．Nicholas and James based their findings on the study of a medical research

　　B．Nicholas and James have been doing their research for more than twenty years

　　C．a person with a happy friend has more chance of feeling blue

　　D．a happy person is more likely to suffer from heart attack

　　答案　A　[事实细节题。根据第二段中的“They used information from the Framingham Heart Study.”我们可以知道，这两位专家的理论是建立在他人的研究基础之上的。]

　　3．The underlined word “contagious” in the third paragraph means ________.

　　A．contacting

　　B．embarrassing

　　C．spreading D．frightening

　　答案　C　[词义猜测题。根据画线单词前面的并列连词or我们可以推测contagious的意思与“spreading”接近。]

　　4．According to this text，which of the following four persons may have a larger effect on Mrs. Smith's happiness?

　　A．Mr. Green，Smith's former classmate.

　　B．Mr. Thomas，Smith's colleague.

　　C．A friend in another city.

　　D．A happy single lady next door.

　　答案　D　[推理判断题。根据第三段和第四段的内容可知，一位近距离的、快乐的、异性的朋友最有可能给我们带来快乐。据此，我们可以推测，本题的答案应是D。]

　　B

　　Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it ，and to go into their offices or schools every day by train，car or bus，even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.

　　One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper.Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent.With the same money，one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one's own.

　　Then，in the country one can rest from the noise and hurry of the town.Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses，one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings，one can enjoy the fresh，clean air of the country.If one likes gardens，one can spend one's free time digging，planting，watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden.Then，when the flowers and vegetables come up，one has the reward of one who has shared the secret of Nature.

　　Some people，however，take no interest in country things：for them，happiness lies in the town，with its cinemas and theatres，beautiful shops and busy streets，dance-halls and restaurants.Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London.An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight's (two weeks') visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want：the_rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night.

　　【语篇导读】本文介绍在伦敦工作的人对是在市里居住还是在乡下居住的问题所持的不同看法和态度。

　　5．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

　　A．People who like country things prefer to live outside the city.

　　B．People who work in London prefer to live in the country.

　　C．Because of certain disadvantages of living outside London，some people who work in London prefer to live inside London.

　　D．Because of certain advantages of living outside London，many people who work in London prefer to live outside London.

　　答案　B　[推理判断题。根据文章内容：虽然有很多人喜欢乡村生活，但文章最后提到也有些人喜欢城市生活，从而可推知此题答案为B项。]

　　6．One can use the same money for ________ to buy a little house with a garden in the country.

　　A．getting a small flat with a garden

　　B．having a small flat with a garden

　　C．renting a small flat without a garden

　　D．buying a small flat without a garden

　　答案　C　[细节理解题。根据文章第二段第二、三句可推知此题答案为C项。]

　　7．When the flowers and vegetables in the garden come up，those ________ have the reward of one who has shared the secret of Nature.

　　A．who live in the country

　　B．who have spent time working in the garden

　　C．who have a garden of their own

　　D．who have been digging，planting and watering

　　答案　B　[推理判断题。根据文章第三段最后两句可知：要是他喜欢花园，他就可以自由地在花园里挖土、种植、浇水等，当鲜花和蔬菜生长起来的时候，他就得到了与大自然分享秘密的奖赏，所以选B项。]

　　8．People who think happiness lies in the town would feel that________if they had to live it outside London.

　　A．their life was meaningless

　　B．their life was invaluable

　　C．they didn't deserve a happy life

　　D．they were not worthy of their happy life

　　答案　A　[推理判断题。根据文章最后一段第二句“Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London.”可推知此题答案为A项。]